Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G4 vs Tesla C870
Contents
Primary details
GPU architecture, market segment, value for money and other general parameters compared.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Architecture | Tesla (2006−2010) | Gen. 11 Ice Lake (2019−2022) |
| GPU code name | G80 | Tiger Lake Xe |
| Market segment | Workstation | Laptop |
| Release date | 2 May 2007 (18 years ago) | 15 August 2020 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $1,499 | no data |
Detailed specifications
General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.
| Pipelines / CUDA cores | 128 | 80 |
| Core clock speed | 600 MHz | no data |
| Number of transistors | 681 million | no data |
| Manufacturing process technology | 90 nm | 10 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 171 Watt | no data |
| Texture fill rate | 38.40 | no data |
| Floating-point processing power | 0.3456 TFLOPS | no data |
| ROPs | 24 | no data |
| TMUs | 32 | no data |
| L2 Cache | 96 KB | no data |
Form factor & compatibility
Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).
| Interface | PCIe 1.0 x16 | no data |
| Width | 2-slot | no data |
| Supplementary power connectors | 2x 6-pin | no data |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.
| Memory type | GDDR3 | DDR4 |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1536 MB | no data |
| Memory bus width | 384 Bit | no data |
| Memory clock speed | 800 MHz | no data |
| Memory bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s | no data |
| Shared memory | - | + |
Connectivity and outputs
This section shows the types and number of video connectors on each GPU. The data applies specifically to desktop reference models (for example, NVIDIA’s Founders Edition). OEM partners often modify both the number and types of ports. On notebook GPUs, video‐output options are determined by the laptop’s design rather than the graphics chip itself.
| Display Connectors | No outputs | no data |
Supported technologies
Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.
| Quick Sync | no data | + |
API and SDK support
List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.
| DirectX | 11.1 (10_0) | DirectX 12_1 |
| Shader Model | 4.0 | no data |
| OpenGL | 3.3 | no data |
| OpenCL | 1.1 | no data |
| Vulkan | N/A | - |
| CUDA | + | - |
Pros & cons summary
| Recency | 2 May 2007 | 15 August 2020 |
| Chip lithography | 90 nm | 10 nm |
Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G4 has an age advantage of 13 years, and a 800% more advanced lithography process.
We couldn't decide between Tesla C870 and Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G4. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Tesla C870 is a workstation graphics card while Tiger Lake-U Xe Graphics G4 is a notebook one.
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